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[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 21 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I thought the state broadcaster was a person. It is a building.

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That's an interesting mix up but I could totally understand it.

Is there no state run TV / radio where you live?

[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

We call them public broadcast stations here in the US. The host is usually called a broadcaster or anchor.

[–] Drusas@kbin.run 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If that person is in the US, no, there is not.

[–] idiomaddict@feddit.de 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Drusas@kbin.run 1 points 1 month ago

I guess that's true, but they're not directly state-run. Public, yes.

[–] Drusas@kbin.run 2 points 1 month ago

To be fair, I think in the US, even if we did have a state broadcaster, we would refer to this as setting the state broadcaster building on fire. Because state broadcaster sounds like a person and not a building or institution. But it might just sound that way to us because we don't have a state broadcaster.

[–] Drusas@kbin.run 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The protesters are definitely in the right. Reserving some (in this case, many) of the top jobs in the country for the descendants of past protesters/fighters is just nepotism by another name.